Red Rose Day

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lmmEpic Author

Posts : 1873Join date : 2011-05-19Location : Colbert County

Subject: Red Rose Day Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:30 pm

Red Rose Day

When : Always June 12th

Red Rose Day is a time to enjoy and appreciate America's favorite flower.....the red rose. A red rose signifies love. A June setting for Red Rose Day is very appropriate, as this is by far the most popular month for weddings. And, they are in bloom in the gardens across America this month.

In addition to being the most popular cut flower, roses are also the most popular flower in flower beds and around foundation of houses, garages and sheds. They are easy to grow, producing a bounty of sweet scented flowers from June up to the first frost.

Roses - Significance and Meaning of Each Color

Roses come in a wide range of colors. Each different color has a different meaning, or significance. It sends a silent, yet extremely important message from the sender to receiver.

Who originally defined the rose color meanings? We don't know. But, you should make sure you are sending the right message when you select roses for someone. Otherwise, he or she will get the wrong message!

Red----- Love, beauty, courage and respectWhite----- Purity and innocence, silence or secrecy, also reverence and humilityPink -----Appreciation,"Thank you", grace, perfect happiness, and admirationDark Pink----- Appreciation, gratitudeLight Pink----- admiration, sympathyYellow----- Joy, gladness, friendship, delight, the promise of a new beginningOrange----- Desire, and enthusiasmRed and White----- Given together, these signify unity.Red Rosebud----- A symbol of purity and lovelinessWhite Rosebud----- Symbolic of girlhoodThornless Rose----- Signifies "Love at first sight".

JoyPoet Laureate

Posts : 3063Join date : 2011-05-18Location : Lauderdale County

Subject: Re: Red Rose Day Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:14 am

Well, since this is on the calendar thanks to lmm, I thought I'd say good morning here today.

I always think of this for roses..........................................

Juliet: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet and fall in love in Shakespeare's lyrical tale of "star-cross'd" lovers. They are doomed from the start as members of two warring families. Here Juliet tells Romeo that a name is an artificial and meaningless convention, and that she loves the person who is called "Montague", not the Montague name and not the Montague family. Romeo, out of his passion for Juliet, rejects his family name and vows, as Juliet asks, to "deny (his) father" and instead be "new baptized" as Juliet's lover. This one short line encapsulates the central struggle and tragedy of the play.